Estimate of Quarter-Masters Stores
Document 1794Stores, estimates of QM stores for the Western Army in 1794.
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[Quarter Master General's
Estimate — for
1794
No. 1.
3-5-1794]
Estimate of Quarter Master Stores wanted for the Year 1794 for the use of the Western Army.
No. dolls Cts dolls Cts ms dolls Cts Ms
Horse Teams, Waggons
and Cover Compléte 16 2 500 3600
Ox Teams & Waggon complete 20 2 166 3[undecipherable]
Wagon Rigs 50 - 36 18
Wagon Covers 20 12 240
Wagon bows 20 6 136
Pack Horses 1200 30 36000
Pack Saddles 1200 1 1200
Rope halters 2000 175 350 $8028
Surcingles 1200 50 600
Cruppers 1200 20 240
Bells 500 663 333 33 34
Bell Collars 500 10 50
4th Parts Rope 2000 175 350
Rope Bags 600 663 400
4 Curry Combs ✓ 100 663 66 66 6⅔
4 Brushes ✓ 100 663 66 66 6⅔
4 Mane Combs ✓ 100 175 12 50 2019 16 6⅔
Kentucky Boats 50 60 3360
Barges 1 100 100
Batteaux 8 25 100
Canoes 13 8 96
Pr Tay Sail Duck 25 20 280
Els Caule 2000 175 350
Blks Tar 10 16 100 4786
Fans Bam Iron 16 175 2800
Fans Spike do ✓ 1 200 200 3000
Carried forward 53333 16 6⅔
Brought forward 53333 16 6⅔
Irons Hand Reels 2 2 300 300
Irons Short Iron 2 2 275 5[undecipherable]
4lb County's Steel ✓ 300 15 75
4lb Gorman do ✓ 350 13 37 50
4lb Blissard do ✓ 250 16 35
4lb Iron Wire assorted 1400 6 100
Sheets Copper ✓ 16 4 36 -45
Boxes Tin ✓ 6 20 120
4lb soft Solder ✓ 100 40 -4
Gallons Linseed oil bulk 100 665 66 00 6⅔ 1809 16 6⅔
Gallons Spirits of Turpentine 6 1 25
4lb white Lead in oil ✓ 1900 14 25
4lb cut Lard ✓ 25 12 2 50
4 lbs Spanish Brown in Oil ✓ 100 16 16
4 lbs Spanish Whitening ✓ 100 175 17 36
4lb Putty ✓ 1200 175 23
Brass Tallow Pots 3 Grt No 8 25 160
Gallons Tanner's Oil 60 1 60
4 lbs Lampblack ✓ 70 2 -48
4lb Beeswax 20 75 5
4lb Soap 50 175 6 25 363 25
Pounds Resin 1 13 13
4lb Borax ✓ 10 10
4lb Grater Solder ✓ 25 665 10 06 6⅔
4lb Glue ✓ 50 25 12 50
Smiths Anvils ✓ 6 75 150
do Vices ✓ 6 6 36
do Bellows ✓ 4 20 80
Stakes ✓ 8 3 23
Buttraces 12 333 4
Pairs Pincers 12 333 4
dozm Drawing Rasps ✓ 3 3 9
dozm Rasps assorted ✓ 10 16 30
4 Paint Brushes assorted ✓ 148 3 84 363 25
Carried forward 37653 38
Brought forward 37658 38
dozm Files assorted ✓ 25 2 56 50
dozm Mill Saw Files ✓ 4 5 19
dozm Whip Saw do ✓ 12 2 24
dozm Cross cut do ✓ 4 3 24
dozm Hand Saw do ✓ 50 1 50
dozm Half-round do ✓ 4 3 6
Large Screw Beam & Weight 7 35 176
Mill Saws ✓ 6 11 66
Whip Saws 12 16 120
Cross Cut do 8 12 96 618
Tenon do ✓ 6 5 36
Steel platted Hand Saws ✓ 48 2 665 128
Tenon do ✓ 12 2 75 27
dozm Knives or Females ✓ 5 6 30
Putty Knives ✓ 6 20 1 20
dozm draw'd Knives assorted ✓ 12 50 6
Curriers Knives 1 4 2 3
Hand Hammers — 12 665 6
Drawing do 8 12 56 6 28 20
dozm Claw Hammer ✓ 6 6 6
dozm Rivette do ✓ 1 5 6
dozm Carpenter Axes 2 12 24
dozm Cogum do 4 1 16 16
dozm Hand Compasses ✓ 2 50 5
dozm Corner Compasses ✓ 4 4
dozm Side Gimblets ✓ 4 2 12
dozm Smaller do assorted ✓ 20 665 13 33 35
dozm Socket Chissels assorted ✓ 3 2 50 17 50
dozm Som Clippers assorted ✓ 12 48
Squares Comp. pr Sand 8 6 665 [undecipherable]
dozm Iron Squares ✓ 2 16 20
dozm Carpenter Rules ✓ 7 16 20
dozm Carp Braces assorted ✓ 12 20 2 16
Coggers Jointer Irons 7 6 25 1 50
do Axes 4 1 56 9 191 73 35
Carried forward 38748 32 35
Brought forward 38748 32 35
Bungling Hatchets ✓ 12 665 8
[undecipherable] frames assorted ✓ 100 [undecipherable] 25
Large Iron Plates & [undecipherable] 8 3 25 [undecipherable]
Small do do ✓ 6 3 18
Oil Stones ✓ 12 1 33 16
dozm Chalk Lines 3 [undecipherable] ✓ 6 1 33 14 128 56
4lb Cradle ✓ 200 7 1[undecipherable]
Masons Trowels — ✓ 12 50 6
Buch Syas do ✓ 12 6
4lbs Sadlers Tools 20 80
Sadler Needles ✓ 5000 3 ppm 10
Canvass do ✓ $5000 1 ppm 3
Sails ✓ 2 00 4
Sadlers Tacks assorted ✓ $10000 1 58 pm 15
4lb Tent Nails assorted ✓ 25 25 665 0 25
Harps Bushes 10000 10 ppm 100
Points Girth Ribb ✓ 200 175 25 257 25
4lb Harness Leather 2000 28 5 500
Setts Bridle [undecipherable] 50 60 30
Pairs Pump Trace ✓ 50 335 18 06 6⅔
Setts Shoemakers bits ✓ 6 4 24
Shoemaker Tacks assorted 2000 3 ppm 6
Awl Blades assorted ✓ 500 3 15
4lb Shoemakers Thread ✓ 50 33 27 50
Proof Corks ✓ 1 36 60 10 00 1075 30 65
Stencils — ✓ 200 1 200
Squares — ✓ 200 1 25 250
Pick Axes 100 1 100
Falling Axes 1000 1 333 1333 33 33
4lb Rings 600 335 200
Hues Butt [undecipherable] ✓ 100 25 25
Padlocks ✓ 60 663 40
Back Locks do ✓ 48 18 2196 33 33
Carried forward 67019 17 34
Brought forward 67019 17 34
English Scythes 100 1 16 110
Scythe Stones 300 20 60
Gros Hooks 200 50 300
Smith Sags 2000 1 — 2000
Bushels Salt 200 3 335 000 66 6⅔
Bushels Corn 7000 50 35400
Bushels Oats 1000 335 3333 33 33
Tons Hay 200 10 2000 43470
4 Marquee 7 250 250
6 Horsemans Tents ✓ 25 20 500 (3 months)
Common do ✓ 300 10 3000
Canteens with Straps ✓ 300 20 600
Pr Ravens Duck ✓ 20 13 50 270
Ells Ticklenburgh ✓ 3000 2 300
4lb Serving Twine ✓ 100 40 40
4lb Serving Thread assorted ✓ 100 665 66 66 6⅔
4lb Tent Line ✓ 500 335 46 33 33
Company Books ✓ 300 665 200
Copying do ✓ 50 50 25
Orderly do ✓ 600 335 200 5085
4 Receipt do ✓ 50 335 16 66 6⅔
4 Rheams P. Writing Paper 120 4 480
4 do medium ✓ 15 4 58 67 56
4 do Demi Royal ✓ 13 6 96
4 Quills fine ✓ 3000 16 665 133 33 33
4 dozm Papers 6th Int. [undecipherable] ✓ 12 1 665 [undecipherable]
4 dozm do red do ✓ 2 1 665 3 33 33
4 lbs Superfine Sealing Wax ✓ 50 1 665 83 33 33 O'h 46 65
4 dozm Small Boxes Wafers 75 665 50
4 dozm Large do ✓ 2 8 16
4 dozm Black Sand Pencils ✓ 6 335 2
4 dozm Slating ✓ 2 665 1 33 38
4 dozm Pocket Ink Stands ✓ 6 2 12
4 dozm Porters do ✓ 2 5 10 41 33 33
Carried forward 117234 67 4
Brought forward 11929 67 35
4 dozm Penknives ✓ 4 4 16
4 dozm Sand Boxes ✓ 1 3 3
4lbs Standard mead for Grain 2 2 4
4lbs do not measures 2 4
4lbs Gauging Rolls 4 4 2 8
4 Hydrometers ✓ 6 2 24
2 Pr Steel yards assorted ✓ 19 3 36
Horses for commissary Service 15 86 1200
Saddles do 15 8 190
Bridles for do 15 1 15 1434
113363 67 35
Required for pay and incidental charges in the Boston Department for the present year. Viz:
2 Mr General Pay and Subsistence 12 Months 180
Deputies 3 1000
Assistant 2 Masters 4 36 [undecipherable] 1797
Store Keeper 4 36 do 1797
Clerks 4 36 do 1797
Commissary of Military Stores 1 40 do 455
Supd Artificers 10 56 380
Master Armourer 10 40 do 455
Assistant 25 16 1500
Arrifice do 25 5 1500
Armourers 12 16 do 2104
Supd Pack Horses 1 30 do 2 3656
Pack Horse Masters 10 36 do 2 16350
Pack Horse Drivers 128 15 do 2 21800
Carried forward 1382 67 35
Brought forward 138249 67 35
Waggon Masters 5 36 [undecipherable] 2163
Waggoners 60 15 do 10360
Master Boatmen 4 20 do 660
Boatmen 30 18 do 4370
Furnishing Public Works at Wheeling 500
do Public Buildings at Pittsburg 500
for necessary Repairs at Fort Franklin 500
Fuel for Fort Fayette and dependences 800
Lumber & materials for pitching & repairing Boats
& transportation [undecipherable]
Expense of supporting the Cavalry in Kentucky
furnishing materials aclent for [undecipherable] the Dragoons 4000
Transportation of Military Hospital Stores and Clothing to Pittsburg 9000
2000 kegs for carriage of Whiskey at 50 cents 1000
Pay of [undecipherable] for [undecipherable] 600 16762
Other Contingencies
Dollars 149749 67 35
Philadelphia March 3, 1794
The Honble (signed) James O'Hara
The Secretary of War Quarter Master General
[footnote: [undecipherable]]
Type
Copy of Signed Document
Description
Stores, estimates of QM stores for the Western Army in 1794.
Date
03/05/1794
Author
Sent from
Philadelphia
Document number
1794030540001
Page start
1
Notable persons
James O'Hara
Stagg
Secretary of War
horse teams
Western Army
Notable locations
Philadelphia
Wheeling
Pittsburgh
Fort Franklin
Fort Fayette
Kentucky
Philadelphia
Notable items
waggons and covers complete
Ox Team
waggon whips waggon covers
waggon screws
pack horses
pack saddles
rope halters
surcingles
cruppers
bells
bell collar
lash rope
nose bags
curry combs
brushes
mane combs
Kentucky boas
barges
bateaux
canoes
top sail duck
cable
tar
barr iron
spike iron
nail rods
short iron
Crowley's steel
German steel
blister'd steel
iron wire assorted
sheets copper
boxes tin
soft solder
linseed oil boiled
spirits of turpentine
white lead in oil
red lead
Spanish brown in oil
Spanish whitening
putty window glass
tanners oil
lampblack
beeswax
soap
rozin
bourax
spelter solder
glue
smith's anvils
smith's estimate of quarter master stores wanted for the year 1794 for the use of the Western Army
vices
smith's bellows
stakes
buttraces
pincers
shoeing rasps
rasps assorted
paint brushes
files assorted
mill saw files
whip saw files
cross cut saw files
half round files
large scale beam and weights
mill saws
whip saws
cross cut saws
tenon saws
draw J. knives
putty knives
cooper drawing knives assorted
curriers knives
hand hammers
shoeing hammers
claw hammers
rivetting hammers
carpenters adzes
coopers adzes
compasses
coopers compasses
spike gimblets
smaller gimblets assorted socket chyzles assorted
screw augers assorted
coopers compass saws
iron squares carpenters rules
coopers crose irons assorted
coopers jointer irons
coopers axes
shingling hatchets
large screw plates and taps
small screw plates and taps
oil stones
chalk lines (for masts)
chalk
masons trowels
brick layers trowels
setts sadlers tools
sadler needles
common needles
sail needles
sadlers tacks assorted
clout nails assorted
harness buckles
girth webb
harness leather
bridle bitts and buckles assorted
stirrup irons
shoemakers tools
shoemakers tacks assorted
Awl blades assorted
shoemakers thread
brass cocks
shovels
spades
pick axes
falling axes
axe slings
butt hinges assorted
padlocks (best)
stock locks (best)
English scythes
scythe stones
grass hooks
trwill'd bags
salt
corn
oats
hay
marquee
horsemans tents
common tents
canteens with straps
ravens duck
ells ticklenburgh
sewing twine
sewing thread assorted
tent line
company books
copying books
orderly books
receipt books
rheams P. writing paper
rheams medium
rheams demi royal
papers blk ink powder
papers red ink powder
supr fine sealing wax
small boxes wafers
large boxes wafers
black lead pencils
sliding lead pencils
pocket ink stands
pewter ink stands
penknives
sand boxes
standard measures for grain
standard wet messier
gauging rods
hydrometers
steel yards assorted
horses for occasional service
saddles for occasional service
bridles for occasional service
required for pay and incidental charges in the Western department for the present year
Qr Mr General pay and subsistence
deputies
assistant Qr Masters
store keepers
clerks
commissary of Military Stores
Supt of Artificers
Master Armourer
Supt of Pack Horses
Pack Horse Masters
Pack Horse Drivers
Waggon Masters
Waggoners
Master Boatmen
Finishing Public works
for necessary repairs
fuel
dependencies
lumber and materials for filling and repairing boats
expense of supporting the cavalry
and furnishing materials ordered for use of the dragoons
transportation of military hospitals stores
clothing
kegs for carriage of whiskey
pay of expresses and guides and other contingencies
Secretary of War
Quarter Master General

